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. 2016 Sep 21;3(9):160384. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160384

Table 1.

Global model parameters.

parameter definition values tested
N number of labs 100
b base rate of true hypotheses 0.1
r0 initial replication rate for all labs {0, 0.01, 0.2, 0.5}
e0 initial effort for all labs 75
w0 initial power for all labs 0.8
η influence of effort on productivity 0.2
cR+ probability of publishing positive replication 1
cR probability of publishing negative replication 1
VN pay-off for publishing novel result 1
VR+ pay-off for publishing positive replication 0.5
VR pay-off for publishing negative replication 0.5
VO+ pay-off for having novel result replicated 0.1
VO pay-off for having novel result fail to replicate −100
d number of labs sampled for death and birth events 10
μr probability of r mutation {0, 0.01}
μe probability of e mutation {0, 0.01}
μw probability of w mutation {0, 0.01}
σr standard deviation of r mutation magnitude 0.01
σe standard deviation of e mutation magnitude 1
σw standard deviation of w mutation magnitude 0.01